What Ranking/Rating System(s) Do College Coaches Value the Most?

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Hey everyone! I'm a rising junior (class of 2020) from Illinois, and I turned 16 just a few days ago. Due to family issues and other issues I have not been able to play many national tournaments over the past 15 months or so, so I was unable to qualify for the Kalamazoo 16s Hard Court nationals this August. My national USTA ranking for the 16s is about 500, while my M1dwest ranking is about 30. My UTR is sitting at almost exactly 11 flat and my Tennisrecruiting is top 250 for the class of 2020.

What I've noticed from watching my rankings/results is that my UTR has almost always been consistently better than players who are ranked around the same as me on the Tennisrecruiting and USTA rankings. I know of many 4-star players in my area who have significantly higher Tennisrecruiting rankings but slightly lower UTRs than me. I was wondering if anyone knew how much college coaches factor in each of these ranking/rating systems and if a solid UTR alone would be good enough to compete with other recruits with better rankings in other departments. I have a couple of pretty bad tournaments from about 9-11 months ago that are going to soon drop off of my year-based rankings, so I predict that I could be top 200 range by the beginning of this fall.

I'm currently hoping to play low-tier Ivy league tennis or at an academically-strong D3 school - Schools such as WashU, Penn, MIT, Cornell, Caltech, or Brown. I have a 4.0 unweighted and 4.64 weighted GPA as well as a 35 ACT/1550 SAT. I know that some of these schools are definitely a stretch for me to get into, so I was wondering if any of you could tell me how much I might have to improve in order to a competitive recruit at one of these schools, and/or what types of schools I would fit into as my rankings stand right now. Thanks in advance for your time!
 
The1AndOnly said:
Hey everyone! I'm a rising junior (class of 2020) from Illinois, and I turned 16 just a few days ago. Due to family issues and other issues I have not been able to play many national tournaments over the past 15 months or so, so I was unable to qualify for the Kalamazoo 16s Hard Court nationals this August. My national USTA ranking for the 16s is about 500, while my M1dwest ranking is about 30. My UTR is sitting at almost exactly 11 flat and my Tennisrecruiting is top 250 for the class of 2020.

What I've noticed from watching my rankings/results is that my UTR has almost always been consistently better than players who are ranked around the same as me on the Tennisrecruiting and USTA rankings. I know of many 4-star players in my area who have significantly higher Tennisrecruiting rankings but slightly lower UTRs than me. I was wondering if anyone knew how much college coaches factor in each of these ranking/rating systems and if a solid UTR alone would be good enough to compete with other recruits with better rankings in other departments. I have a couple of pretty bad tournaments from about 9-11 months ago that are going to soon drop off of my year-based rankings, so I predict that I could be top 200 range by the beginning of this fall.

I'm currently hoping to play low-tier Ivy league tennis or at an academically-strong D3 school - Schools such as WashU, Penn, MIT, Cornell, Caltech, or Brown. I have a 4.0 unweighted and 4.64 weighted GPA as well as a 35 ACT/1550 SAT. I know that some of these schools are definitely a stretch for me to get into, so I was wondering if any of you could tell me how much I might have to improve in order to a competitive recruit at one of these schools, and/or what types of schools I would fit into as my rankings stand right now. Thanks in advance for your time!
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In my experiences with my kids, coaches never asked about USTA rankings. UTR and tennis recruiting are the metrics that the coaches in the Ivy League and academically strong D3 schools use when evaluating U.S. players. Fwiw, my son went through the recruiting process a couple of years ago now. At that time, he was told by more than one Ivy League coach that they wanted to see a UTR of at least 12.5 junior year. These coaches seemed to place more value on UTR than tennis recruiting.

My youngest daughter is going through the recruiting process now with the academically strong D3 schools. She likes the format of the ITA tournaments better than the format of the USTA tournaments because the ITA tournaments are grouping players by UTR, so every match is competitive, unlike USTA tournaments. However, since tennis recruiting doesn't include ITA matches in its ranking system, her star rating will fall. The coaches from the schools she is considering have told her that they would rather she play ITA tournaments for the experience of playing college players and for her not to worry about her star rating.

Based on your tennis stats right now, in my opinion, your chances of being recruited by an Ivy League coach are very slim, but your chances of being recruited at some of the academically strong D3 schools outside the top 15 would be pretty good. UTR has a search function on its website where you input your UTR and the leagues you are interested in, and you will get a list of the schools that are a good fit based on UTR. In my opinion, this would give you a good gage of what schools would be interested in recruiting you.

The level of support coaches have with admissions varies drastically in D3. The coaches in the NESCAC and Chicago, for example, have a great deal of support with admissions, while the coaches at Caltech and MIT have little to no pull with admissions. You will want to make sure you ask each coach how admissions works at his school when weighing your options and making your final decision.

Your academics, while important at all the academically-strong D3 schools, will be the most important at Caltech and MIT. Your test scores/GPA are fantastic and in-line with the admitted students at these two schools. Have you taken any subject tests yet? These schools also require subject tests in math and science. MIT will accept either the Math Level 1 or Level 2 and either the biology, physics, or chemistry subject test. Caltech requires the Math Level 2 and either the biology, physics or chemistry subject test. You will want these scores to be at least 760. In addition to test results, the classes listed on your transcript and AP scores will also be important at these schools. Caltech also requires that an applicant has completed calculus, physics, and chemistry in high school. While MIT doesn't have this requirement, it would be a good idea to take these classes if your school offers them.

Good luck!
 
The1AndOnly said:
My UTR is sitting at almost exactly 11 flat... I was wondering if a solid UTR alone would be good enough to compete with other recruits with better rankings in other departments.
I'm currently hoping to play low-tier Ivy league tennis or at an academically-strong D3 school - Schools such as WashU, Penn, MIT, Cornell, Caltech, or Brown. I have a 4.0 unweighted and 4.64 weighted GPA as well as a 35 ACT/1550 SAT. I know that some of these schools are definitely a stretch for me to get into, so I was wondering if any of you could tell me how much I might have to improve in order to a competitive recruit at one of these schools, and/or what types of schools I would fit into as my rankings stand right now. Thanks in advance for your time!
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If you have a premium version of uTR, you can do a UTR fit, e.g. put in your current UTR rating and see where your rating would be within the top 6 for colleges. In case you dont, I will share with you some UTR ratings for some of your schools. As far as Ivy's, the lowest #6 was 12.33 for Brown. and Cornell's #6's UTR was 12.86 and Penn's was 12.53. My son had friends in the mid 12s who wanted to play Ivy's but ended up playing high D3 instead. There are several rising Ivy freshmen who have earned ATP points this summer; most of the ivys are looking for 13+.

Two of the best d3 conferences for tennis are NESCAC and UAA (Wash is in this one). To play in the mid to top tier of those conferences you probably would need to be UTR 12. Here are some d3 schools whose 6th best player in UTR rating is 11 or less:
Kenyon, Bates, Denison, Colby,Skidmore, Swarthmore, Washington and Lee, Trinity (TX). Stevens Inst of Tech has one 11, and then a 10.8. Two of son's friends visited that school and liked it, but it was too expensive but I think you have better grades and scores and could possibly get a higher merit scholarship. I know there were some low 11s playing for Case Western and Carnegie Mellon so those might be options if you are interested in STEM schools. Now most D3 schools have large rosters and the uTRs I am listing are what you probably need to play. If you just want to use tennis to get in the school and are OK to be on the bench, you could possibly pursue other options.

Consider playing some of the iTA summer circuits-$30 for a membership, and you can play against other college players, rising juniors and seniors, etc. There are about 7 each week so there could be several within driving distance. Here is link https://www.itatennis.com/ITA/Events/EventsCalendar/Oracle_ITA_Summer_Circuit_Powered_By_UTR.aspx Unlike uSTA tourneys, you do not have to play prerequisite tourneys to get into these-just register before they fill up. Most will have two draws. At uTR 11, you will probably be seeded in the bottom draw or at the bottom of the top draw. If it is the latter, you could improve your UTR by beating or having close losses vs higher ranked players. Also there are a lot more USTA Nat 3s. Even if you have not played a lot, you might could get in a nat 3 as an alternate. One other way to improve your utR without having to play a ton of USTA tournaments is to play uTR events at college campuses-some universities hold them right before school starts in fall or in lateNov/Dec/Jan after fall season ends or right before school starts back up-there were some at Mich, Mich State last winter. Look for the events at http://events.universaltennis.com/tournaments/ UTR determines a rating based on a minimum of 5 matches and a max of 30. if you have not played much, just playing and doing well at a few tournaments could make a big change in your uTR.

The selective schools probably expect early admissions or decision applications in fall of senior year. That means you need to visit next spring so you need to get the uTR that will attract those coach's attention this summer or over winter break if you dont want to play much during school year. Good luck.
 
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jcgatennismom said:
If you have a premium version of uTR, you can do a UTR fit, e.g. put in your current UTR rating and see where your rating would be within the top 6 for colleges. In case you dont, I will share with you some UTR ratings for some of your schools. As far as Ivy's, the lowest #6 was 12.33 for Brown. and Cornell's #6's UTR was 12.86 and Penn's was 12.53. My son had friends in the mid 12s who wanted to play Ivy's but ended up playing high D3 instead. There are several rising Ivy freshmen who have earned ATP points this summer; most of the ivys are looking for 13+.

Two of the best d3 conferences for tennis are NESCAC and UAA (Wash is in this one). To play in the mid to top tier of those conferences you probably would need to be UTR 12. Here are some d3 schools whose 6th best player in UTR rating is 11 or less:
Kenyon, Bates, Denison, Colby,Skidmore, Swarthmore, Washington and Lee, Trinity (TX). Stevens Inst of Tech has one 11, and then a 10.8. Two of son's friends visited that school and liked it, but it was too expensive but I think you have better grades and scores and could possibly get a higher merit scholarship. I know there were some low 11s playing for Case Western and Carnegie Mellon so those might be options if you are interested in STEM schools. Now most D3 schools have large rosters and the uTRs I am listing are what you probably need to play. If you just want to use tennis to get in the school and are OK to be on the bench, you could possibly pursue other options, but it sounded like you were not sure of your academic fit-if so you would want to be good enough tenniswise to make the lineup.

Consider playing some of the iTA summer circuits-$30 for a membership, and you can play against other college players, rising juniors and seniors, etc. There are about 7 each week so there could be several within driving distance. Here is link https://www.itatennis.com/ITA/Events/EventsCalendar/Oracle_ITA_Summer_Circuit_Powered_By_UTR.aspx Unlike uSTA tourneys, you do not have to play prerequisite tourneys to get into these-just register before they fill up. Most will have two draws. At uTR 11, you will probably be seeded in the bottom draw or at the bottom of the top draw. If it is the latter, you could improve your UTR by beating or having close losses vs higher ranked players. Also there are a lot more USTA Nat 3s. Even if you have not played a lot, you might could get in a nat 3 as an alternate. One other way to improve your utR without having to play a ton of USTA tournaments is to play uTR events at college campuses-some universities hold them right before school starts in fall or in lateNov/Dec/Jan after fall season ends or right before school starts back up-there were some at Mich, Mich State last winter. Look for the events at http://events.universaltennis.com/tournaments/ UTR determines a rating based on a minimum of 5 matches and a max of 30. if you have not played much, just playing and doing well at a few tournaments could make a big change in your uTR.

The selective schools probably expect early admissions or decision applications in fall of senior year. That means you need to visit next spring so you need to get the uTR that will attract those coach's attention this summer or over winter break if you dont want to play much during school year. Good luck.
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I do not have a premium version of UTR so that information was extremely helpful! I'm pretty sure academically I definitely fit into into those schools (except for maybe MIT since it is truly so hard to get into). I am content with sitting on the bench as, quite honestly, my biggest goal is to just get into these schools into the first place and playing on the team for any number of years would be just icing on the cake! I'm looking to get into the best school I can academically and hopefully tennis could help me get into better schools. Do you know how much tennis could help out with selective schools like the ones I listed above (even if I was just a bench-warmer)?
 
Mrs.Weasley said:
In my experiences with my kids, coaches never asked about USTA rankings. UTR and tennis recruiting are the metrics that the coaches in the Ivy League and academically strong D3 schools use when evaluating U.S. players. Fwiw, my son went through the recruiting process a couple of years ago now. At that time, he was told by more than one Ivy League coach that they wanted to see a UTR of at least 12.5 junior year. These coaches seemed to place more value on UTR than tennis recruiting.

My youngest daughter is going through the recruiting process now with the academically strong D3 schools. She likes the format of the ITA tournaments better than the format of the USTA tournaments because the ITA tournaments are grouping players by UTR, so every match is competitive, unlike USTA tournaments. However, since tennis recruiting doesn't include ITA matches in its ranking system, her star rating will fall. The coaches from the schools she is considering have told her that they would rather she play ITA tournaments for the experience of playing college players and for her not to worry about her star rating.

Based on your tennis stats right now, in my opinion, your chances of being recruited by an Ivy League coach are very slim, but your chances of being recruited at some of the academically strong D3 schools outside the top 15 would be pretty good. UTR has a search function on its website where you input your UTR and the leagues you are interested in, and you will get a list of the schools that are a good fit based on UTR. In my opinion, this would give you a good gage of what schools would be interested in recruiting you.

The level of support coaches have with admissions varies drastically in D3. The coaches in the NESCAC and Chicago, for example, have a great deal of support with admissions, while the coaches at Caltech and MIT have little to no pull with admissions. You will want to make sure you ask each coach how admissions works at his school when weighing your options and making your final decision.

Your academics, while important at all the academically-strong D3 schools, will be the most important at Caltech and MIT. Your test scores/GPA are fantastic and in-line with the admitted students at these two schools. Have you taken any subject tests yet? These schools also require subject tests in math and science. MIT will accept either the Math Level 1 or Level 2 and either the biology, physics, or chemistry subject test. Caltech requires the Math Level 2 and either the biology, physics or chemistry subject test. You will want these scores to be at least 760. In addition to test results, the classes listed on your transcript and AP scores will also be important at these schools. Caltech also requires that an applicant has completed calculus, physics, and chemistry in high school. While MIT doesn't have this requirement, it would be a good idea to take these classes if your school offers them.

Good luck!
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Thank you so much for your help! Do you know of any other examples of academically-strong schools where the coaches would or would not have a lot of "pull" with admissions, and whether or not I fit into those teams?
 
The1AndOnly said:
Thank you so much for your help! Do you know of any other examples of academically-strong schools where the coaches would or would not have a lot of "pull" with admissions, and whether or not I fit into those teams?
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I did a search of D3 schools using your 11 UTR. Many of the high academic D3 schools are liberal arts schools. Have you completely ruled out a liberal arts school? Another poster mentioned Swarthmore. Your academic and tennis stats indicate that you would be a good fit for Swarthmore (although you would definitely want to visit to make sure you like the vibe of the campus). And Swarthmore is one of the few liberal arts schools that also offer engineering. If liberal arts schools are off the table, some of the universities that came up in the search were:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stevens Institute of Technology, the University of Rochester,Ros-Hulman Institute of Technology, and Babson College. (There were obviously many more listed after these in the search results)

I don't think any of the Ivies are a tennis possibility, but you would have a lot of options in D3 outside the top 15 (But most, if not all, of those top 15 schools are liberal arts schools anyway)

Regarding your question on which coaches have pull with admissions...this is a question that you are going to want to ask every individual coach as the answers will vary. In my experiences, the recruiting process in the NESCAC league is most similar to recruiting in the Ivy League and these coaches have a lot of pull with admissions. Within some of the other D3 conferences, the amount of coach support varied from school to school.

In your shoes, I would pay the small fee to get the enhanced features that UTR has to offer. The UTR search function will enable you to search for colleges by division, geographic area, etc. You will want to reach out to coaches this fall to get on their radar.

Once you make a preliminary list, you will want to check the testing requirements at the schools on your list. Many of the high academic D3 schools require subject tests in addition to your SAT/ACT.

Good luck.
 
I don’t post here much; am mostly a lurker, but I’ll weigh in for the OP since I’m chilling at the airport.

First off, congrats on your academic stats; they are truly incredible. I like to think of each college prospect as a package. Half student and half athlete. Your academic stats will not hold you back anywhere(although some schools are a crap shoot so you can get rejected anyway).

So if you want to improve your college chances, your best idea is to improve your tennis and yes your UTR. While many would say to play high level opponents, I think look at specific shots in your game and focus on improving them; results will come. For example, since I’ve been in college; I’ve really worked on my first and second serve explosiveness and my cross court forehand. Besides mental toughness, I think those things alone have allowed my UTR to rise about 1.0. If you make concrete improvements to your game like that; your UTR is bound to go up. Playing top players is great to see what’s missing in your game; but that in itself won’t just create those missing elements in most cases.

Other than improving your tennis, connections are the biggest thing in recruiting. Use any you have; local players who go to schools you want to look at—coaches, adult alumni that you may know; anything helps. I was ranked about like you but ended up getting a d1 offer at a top mid major because I knew an alummi.

Finally, you will always only perform consistently with how you see yourself. Don’t see yourself as an 11. You have two years there’s no reason you can’t end up at a 12.0. I wouldn’t rule out schools like top 15 d3s and weak ivies just yet. The people who end up playing there are the ones who said yeah I have a chance.

Anyway, I ended up playing at a top 20 d3, one that a poster above mentioned. Feel free to message me about the d3/liberal arts experience. Otherwise, best of luck.
 
You could and should look at the Patriot League for top academic Division 1 programs. Mid 11's UTR could get your recruited at that level.
 
My daughter plays D3 tennis and all of the advice above is excellent and matches her recruiting experience. However, I would like to mention a different approach for you to consider. Given your exceptional GPA and SAT, you could try and get in on your own without the coach's help. I suspect you would get into several colleges on your list. MIT being the exception. I especially think you would get into Cornell, unless their engineering school is a lot harder to get into then the rest of the college. I know a girl who got into Cornell without the coach and is now on the team. At my daughter's high school (public, not magnet), usually a few students get into Cornell every year, but not necessarily into the other Ivies. Ivies and D3s often keep large rosters since they don't have scholarships. Most of them will take you on the team if you get in on your own and are a reasonable tennis level. I know there are 3 star women on both the Harvard and Yale rosters. I don't know about the men. Also, we found at D3 that only the NESCAC and the top 5 teams required ED for women. The others were ok with RD. So I suggest you check with each coach on that.

My suggestion in to approach this the way a non-athlete would. Pick 1 college for ED, and if you don't get in, apply to a bunch RD. You can still continue to talk to coaches and by going RD you will have more time to improve your UTR and TRN.

Good Luck!
 
@The1AndOnly did you play high school tennis? If so, because you were not able to play many nationals this past year and cant get in Kzoo this summer, you might want to consider playing the New Balance national high school tournament in California. https://tennislink.usta.com/tournam...330&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral#&&s=0 Registration was extended until tonight at midnight. My son played it after his freshmen and soph years when it was held at Harvard, and it was one of his favorites; the last year he played it, Keegan Smith who now plays for UCLA won it. This year there is a mix of levels up to UTR 12. New Balance gives players several pairs of shoes, a big duffel bag, clothes, has some free dinners and events and usually negotiates a good hotel rate. This is last minute notice, but I think it helps players to play unique or different tournaments. When my son played tourneys outside sectional USTA late in his high school career, his confidence and his UTR went up-good to be exposed to players from other sections, other countries, and of different ages playing different styles on different surfaces. Try to play some local or regional adult tourneys too-

As BusyMom states above, if you can get in on your own merit, you do have more time to improve your skills and UTR and increase your chances of playing in lineup. If you were relying on a coach's slot, you would need to be at playing level by start of senior year at the latest. Players can increase or drop in level significantly between their junior year and spring of their freshman year of college. If you really want to play and are willing to put in the time and challenge yourself, you can improve your skill and UTR level over the next 2 years but you have to have solid strokes, strong mental skills, passion for the game, strategy, conditioning, good coaching, challenging hitting partners for practice, and the opportunity to execute all the above in actual tough tournament play.

Have you considered going to a college exposure camp this summer? Ed Krass hosts some in the summer https://collegetennis.com/ There is one in late July in Mass-some of the NESCAC coaches are at that one. I just looked at there are openings at a camp at Univ of Penn in late July https://www.collegiateexposurecamps.com/upenn-camp-session-3. I think the Penn camp is organized by Tarek Merchant who had a podcast on Parenting Aces https://www.collegiateexposurecamps...ED-FOR-COLLEGE-RECRUITING-WITH-TAREK-MERCHANT. It sounds like a good option. Tarek also has showcase camps in late November; so does this group http://showcase.universitysports.com/ I know the Penn coach was at one of the winter showcases one year. Showcases or camps are not cheap but playing all the tourneys to get in Kzoo is expensive and time-consuming, and most of the time son played clays or hardcourts we spent around $1500 so the right camp or showcase could be cheaper in the long run if you can get good match practice and tournament play locally and regionally. Camps are not for recruiting so I think coaches are allowed to work with players, and players find out what they need to work on to be ready for college play. Showcases are just for recruiting and attract a lot of internationals in Florida. Son did not attend any of those so I am not speaking from personal experience, but we used to get all the Emails and flyers.

Just heard about some Mid west prize $ tourneys in August organized by USTA Mid west College Varsity Committee. Per USTA Mid west, "This is an effort to get our top college and junior players together for a chance to get good competition and win money. " Below are two that might be close to you:

https://tennislink.usta.com/Tournaments/TournamentHome/Tournament.aspx?T=223479 Chicago
https://tennislink.usta.com/Tournaments/TournamentHome/Tournament.aspx?T=223285
Purdue
 
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tennisbuck said:
I don’t post here much; am mostly a lurker, but I’ll weigh in for the OP since I’m chilling at the airport.

First off, congrats on your academic stats; they are truly incredible. I like to think of each college prospect as a package. Half student and half athlete. Your academic stats will not hold you back anywhere(although some schools are a crap shoot so you can get rejected anyway).

So if you want to improve your college chances, your best idea is to improve your tennis and yes your UTR. While many would say to play high level opponents, I think look at specific shots in your game and focus on improving them; results will come. For example, since I’ve been in college; I’ve really worked on my first and second serve explosiveness and my cross court forehand. Besides mental toughness, I think those things alone have allowed my UTR to rise about 1.0. If you make concrete improvements to your game like that; your UTR is bound to go up. Playing top players is great to see what’s missing in your game; but that in itself won’t just create those missing elements in most cases.

Other than improving your tennis, connections are the biggest thing in recruiting. Use any you have; local players who go to schools you want to look at—coaches, adult alumni that you may know; anything helps. I was ranked about like you but ended up getting a d1 offer at a top mid major because I knew an alummi.

Finally, you will always only perform consistently with how you see yourself. Don’t see yourself as an 11. You have two years there’s no reason you can’t end up at a 12.0. I wouldn’t rule out schools like top 15 d3s and weak ivies just yet. The people who end up playing there are the ones who said yeah I have a chance.

Anyway, I ended up playing at a top 20 d3, one that a poster above mentioned. Feel free to message me about the d3/liberal arts experience. Otherwise, best of luck.
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Nothing I would like more than to give my daughter the opportunity to play on D1 college, or at least a D3, she is only 13, but was recently offered a wildcard to a ITF Pro Tournament due to her skills and power, I know nothing about tennis and I was hopping to talk further about your experiences if you are willing to do so.
 
@The1AndOnly

Hey man, I am very close with one of the coaches at one of the Ivy Leagues. If you can get in on your own, you can be a 12 UTR and probably walk on. If you reach out to a coach and say "Here's my transcript, I can get in without your help, and I am going to bust my ass and am willing to be a glorified practice partner until I prove I am ready to play." I can almost guarantee he would take you. You would be a part of a high level program, go to one of the best colleges in the world, and if you bust your ass, the coach will find you a good job once you graduate.

Again, this is only if you can get in on your own. I know he wouldn't do much for anything less than a 12.7, so if you can't get your UTR around there, this is your best chance.

You should email the head coach at all the Ivy Leagues(and CC the assistant and the volunteer) and try to sell yourself as someone who will be a good addition to the team culture, will bust your ass, and is willing to do whatever it takes just to be part of the team.

If playing in the lineup is a priority, go D3, otherwise, consider this.

Also, if you have a recruiting video, DM me it.
 
Raw_Coach said:
@The1AndOnly

Hey man, I am very close with one of the coaches at one of the Ivy Leagues. If you can get in on your own, you can be a 12 UTR and probably walk on. If you reach out to a coach and say "Here's my transcript, I can get in without your help, and I am going to bust my ass and am willing to be a glorified practice partner until I prove I am ready to play." I can almost guarantee he would take you. You would be a part of a high level program, go to one of the best colleges in the world, and if you bust your ass, the coach will find you a good job once you graduate.

Again, this is only if you can get in on your own. I know he wouldn't do much for anything less than a 12.7, so if you can't get your UTR around there, this is your best chance.

You should email the head coach at all the Ivy Leagues(and CC the assistant and the volunteer) and try to sell yourself as someone who will be a good addition to the team culture, will bust your ass, and is willing to do whatever it takes just to be part of the team.

If playing in the lineup is a priority, go D3, otherwise, consider this.

Also, if you have a recruiting video, DM me it.
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I truly appreciate your time and advise, I am aware that most parents think unrealistically about their kids, but in this particular case I can truly tell you that she has proven to overcome the most challenging conditions and scenarios to continue playing at the age of 13 with such a courage and determination. This makes me at least strive for an opportunity, and University would probably be the best chance she gets, since in every other opportunity, the economical factor comes in play, and sadly I can´t.
I would me more than happy to send some videos from matches she´s played if they could help, even though we don´t travel as much to compete.

hadiadic@gmail.com
 
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